HIAL Transport & Message Specification
The Health Information Access Layer (HIAL) is a gateway for medical information, providing integration to EHR services, applying security and privacy controls, message validation, transformation, enrichment, orchestration, terminology as needed, and auditing for all transactions. Security controls include the authentication and authorization of all transactions via the user registry and, as needed, anti-virus services, as well as privacy controls such as audit and consent management.
The HIAL Transport & Message Specification is required to connect to the Provincial Provider Registry (view the specification) and other EHR Services, as defined through established connectivity projects with eHealth Ontario.